The United States is an oligarchy, not a democracy The country that presents itself as a universal model of democracy does not meet the basic standards of a system in which the majority makes decisions[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Democracy’
January 5th, 2018 - 2:46 pm § in Hypocrisy
Why Kirsten Gillibrand Represents the Worst the Dems Have to Offer
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Bernie’s Hypocrisy
Sanders: I don’t consider myself a Democrat “No, I’m an Independent,” Sanders says amid DNC tour. THEHILL.COM Analysis | Bernie Sanders’s strange behavior The “Come Together” tour risks creating divisions, and Sanders isn’t helping with his comments about Jon Osso[...]
Democracy Movement Forces Change of PM in South Korea
IN DEFEAT, SKOREAN PRESIDENT TO LET PARLIAMENT CHOOSE HER PMSEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea’s president said Tuesday she will allow parliament to choose her prime minister, a major political concession to growing anger as she scrambles to defuse an escalating influence-peddling sca[...]
October 8th, 2016 - 11:49 am § in Misc.
BREXIT: The Reasons Direct Democracy Fails
Perilous Plebiscites: Brexit Vote Underscores Limits of Direct Democracy – SPIEGEL ONLINE[...]
September 26th, 2016 - 1:44 am § in America, Donald Trump
How to Destroy A Political Party
How liberal activists may have have destroyed Britain’s Labor Party Jeremy Corbyn is being reelected Party Leader of Britain’s Labour despite nearly unanimous opposition of the elected Members of Parliament from his won party. The story is eerily similar to the current state of t[...]
August 5th, 2016 - 11:52 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: ANC Loses Local Election in Nelson Mandela Bay
The African National Congress (ANC) suffered its worst electoral loss since the end of apartheid in 1994, when it lost Nelson Mandela Bay to the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) in municipal elections. Nationally the ANC still has 56 percent of the votes around South Africa.[...]
Israel After Turkey: Israel weakens its democracy too.
Israel Passes Law Enabling Knesset to Expel Members Over Incitement JNS.org – In a 62-47 vote, the Israeli Knesset on Tuesday passed an impeachment law that enables Members of Knesset (MKs) to expel fellow lawmakers who are… ALGEMEINER.COM[...]
Should Biafra Rise Again?